Long Island lifeguards are victims of water training practice He was bitten by a shark on Sunday, officials said.
4-5 feet long Samebit Smith Point Beach Lifeguard Zack Gallo is on his chest and right hand, says Executive Steve of Suffolk County. rice field. Belone.
Victims could get out of the water without help, was banded and taken to a local hospital, Belone said, According to News 12.
"He's very well at Southside Hospital ... he's got some stitches," Verone said of Gallo's , according to Newsday.
After the attack, the beach was closed.
The second beach east of Smith Point , Cupsorg, was also closed on Sunday "due to dangerous marine activity," Parks County officials said.
Three days ago, at Jones Beach near Nassau County, a swimmerwas hit by a "possibly bitten by a shark"on a holiday weekend on July 4th. Prior to urging the county police to increase beach patrols.
The town of Hempstead also formed a "Shark Patrol" after fishermen found a 10-foot mako shark on a Memorial Day weekend about 11 miles west of Jones Beach.
Shark attacks on Long Island are "very rare" "is. However, the frequency is increasing recently.
In the last two years, more sharks have been witnessed than in the last ten years.
